Machine for the manufacture of wire-glass.



PATENTED JAIL-'7, 1908 F. SHUMAN. MACHINE FOR THE MANUFACTURE OFWIRBGLASS.

YAPYIIIIOATION FILED MAY 23, 1906.

1 its being dethiitely looated between the two FRANK SHUMAN. O1" 1"GLASS IRF W NEW JERfi-sl'i'.

IiiAURZiEE FOR THE EIEJKUFA LTID'BFJ 01E WIRE-GLASS.

Original application filed June Specif To all whom it "may concern.

Be it known that I, FRANK- Size N, a resident of the city and countyPhiledelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have ina vented on Improvementin Machines forthe Manufacture of ire-(dess, of wl 4h the {ob lowing aspe f ostion.

My invention 3138 reference to machines for the manufac ure of Wire lesssud eon e sists of, re improvements 5.011 are fully set forth i hefollowing sped cation and shown in accompanying drawings which form itpart thereof.

The application. is division or my application Ser. No. 'lljlf iS filedJune 14th, 1902.

The objeot of "uy invention is to provide it suitable sppztre. s whichshell positively reuse the mesne Wire to be fed into the :uolten glassin stash manner that the glass :hall properly 0 ivolop it l1 the resultof surfaces as to make a perfect article, namely, one in. which themeshed wire all covered and unihirmly positioned Within the glass sheet.

More specifically, my improved machine embed 11s a roller rolling a messof glzr. upon a table, combined with igneous-J01 introdueing a meshedtire layer under the for-- Ward part ofthe bell of gloss and supp 0 ittemporarily in an advent... r i'usnner clear 1 C ot the table butunobstructed from below, whereby the molten gloss 1S sewed to ilow bygravity through the meslu ml below the 5 Wire prior to being rolled. IMy invention consists further in so oombining the meshed tyire guidewith the *oller and gun that the po of su" oit the meshed Wire rruiy beriav-mceo l re slowr thou the advance of the roller and gun compensateto!" t reduol COHSUIIEPMOT- the gloss and its less n- .ension in adv:the point of rolling pressure.

As a suitable means for carrying out any invention, 1 provide a smoothtable and rollerfor rolling-the glass into a combine therewith anadjustable lug upon the st. re or the table and over which the meshed wie layer is guided, the said guide being advanced comm with the speed ofthe edve-nring molten glass. The meshed Wire 1321b is thus sup orted bythe guide slightly above the sol ace of the table so as to lo restpermitthe :ion of I j 1 wire i manner, a, l l l "T Patent.

Patented Jnfl. 7, 1908.

14., 1902. Serial No. 111-7-1 3- Divided and this applicationfilerlulliay 2S, 1906. Serial No. 318.280.

3 article then has hereloiore been custom-My. 1 My invention will bebetter understood by e to thedriiwiugs,inwli' l fll igure '2 is n.longitudinal. SM, iouztl sieve tion of e r e gloss milking meicl'rineadopted for oorryii my improved process into op" oration end is' tokenon line fil 1 ol Fig. 3-; and F 1g. 2' an end elevat on oi the imachine.

A is the metal table or bed plate snail made smooth on its 'uppersurfs-.10.

B is the smooth metal roller sud runs upo'rk guide strips or trons-s ll(.1 T6Sl1l'il} upon Qllij table The shaft or this roller is also providl with gears l5 Wbiuh mesh with. rocks on the sides of the table orpositively feeding the roller during its rotation. A hand wheel F may beemployed to rotate the roller B and cause it to be fed forward under thecontrol of the v goers E and roe (S D. The trsngs C regulc. A, the spacebetween the roller B on d tlui ble A and hence the thiolo ness oi? theglass plate. P is a shoe or gun res 'ng upon the table and moved forwardby tlie roller l3 and consists of two side plates connected by rods. Thefunction of the shoe or g u is to confine the body of glass against lspreading beyond the desired width. .1. jug upon the surface of thetable A. is 2 list guide plate G which extei laterally 150 the sideslates of the shoe or gun P and may be guided thereby. This plate G isslotted adjacent to the plate G at .l for the lull width to be occupiedby the meshed win-e layer K. and through which slot Sitlil o layer 18led as clearly indicated in the W1 rigs m sy (11 The guide G ll. for themeshed be fed forward in any suitable hand rod J for this purpose being:shown. While the guide G H may be moved forward at approximately thesome speed. as thefirevel of the roller, it is not desurface, therebyproducing a more perfect .piete sheet of Wire glass.

stood by those si'i ahie that it should move quite so rapidly hetan seit is preferable t at the moitenglass M'shali extend from he roller Biorwaid 'or very' slightly ii et all over the'ieei" end or. the plate Gas shown Under; these eoneiitions the glass Wiili aiiowed to flowthrough the, meshes formed by the Wire so vto fill the. space L beyondthe end of the [of the ti'angs C C which regulate the actual the glassto How" through its m= thickness of the finished sheet of glass.

If the thickness the plate G- is excessive relatively to the thioku esof the trangs U, the wire will tend to he nearer the top surface .of thefinished glass, viee The u'right o; flange H acts as a guide throng itsslot to insure vthe meshed W re layer being held down to the sur'the ofplate G and also to loeate ltsposition i' ,e ally with respect to gun orshoe.

The pm'ticuiar shape of the guideG H 7 periorms the i onetn. xs

he varied soiong herein set out namely, sustain the vire'm'esh at adefinite distance above the table against the forward portion of themolt-eh glass and guide the wire under said. giase so as to temporarilyhold clear of the table a id allow 1 lee. in

I the operation of the apparetueit is not neeessary that the Wire shallteu 7, Jr 1 ii toe tame "surface except perhapsat the-beginning and1902, no claim is made to the niethoei of maio invention.

endin of'the o eration of makin the com- As this application is adivision of my 'plicatlon' Ser. No. 111 748 filed June lie ire glassherein set out as such.

ing the the method forms the subject matter 01 aforesaid application.

I have shown an apparatus suoli as is ex eellently adapted for carryinginto 1313 improved method, but the detaiis of the paratus may be variedas may be iouecl e edient for the HIOTE perfect operation of my Havingnow desciihed my invention what eve ee'? I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is:

1 in a Wire-glass machine, the table and flattening roller combined witha guide for he meshed wire sheet arranged n front of he flattenigigroller elose to the table and adustably su' porte-ci so to move at aless, peel. than the flattening miles. and a movin shoe or gun forconfining the glass extendn from the flattening rolle'rto the guide fornieshed. Wire.

in e wireglass machine the combination of a table, a flattening roller,:1 gun having side res .ingupon the table and move-e1 iemvai'fi with theflattening roller, and a guide for the ineshed'wiie sheet. arrangedcloseto the table and between'the side Walls oi the gun and adjustablerelatively to the gun and flattening roller "WhGZ'Q-bY it may bemovedforward at a less speed than the said gun and flattening roller.

in a Wire machine the combina- )n of at table, a flattening roller, agflmhaving side Walls resting upon the table and moved forward with theflattening roller, and guide for the meshed Wire sheet ari inged closeto the table and between the side Walls of the garland ustahlerelatively to the gun and flattening roller whereby it may he movedforward a iess speed than said gun and. flattening roller, the saidguide consisting of flat'plate over which the Wire sheet is fed aslotted upper part for guiding the Wire sheet and holding it down uponthe plateportion.

In a Wire glass machine, a table and roller for flattening the glass,oombined with a guiding support for the meshed Wire sheet movable Withthe roller, and means for ading the guiding support toward the roller l,ro ling operation. q a W'"e machine, a tahle'and for fiattenng theglass, combined with ding support having slotted portion the meshedwiieshe t movable with the and means for forcing the guidingsupot towardthe roller during roiiing 0pollci testimony 'ivhieli invention, ihereunto my hand.

' FRAYK SHUMAN.

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